The countdown ended, and the barrier disappeared.
Atobe's dirty trick … had finally arrived.
Naturally, he knew that he had no chance of winning against these two, so he did not hesitate to use his trump card from the beginning.
"Six worlds in heaven, all are in search of glass … Sumeru Frost Kui!"
When Atobe uttered the word 'liberation', the weapon in his hand, a pure white large fan, exploded with a shocking amount of energy.
At that moment, a chill spread out from him, and in the blink of an eye, it covered a radius of several miles.
Seeing this, Hong Hu's expression shifted. As he pulled the bowstring, he mumbled, "Could this be … a Zanpakuto?"
As he said that, a light arrow was shot out, and it flew accurately toward Black White and Gray, who were hiding behind Atobe.
But to his surprise … his arrow only flew for less than five meters before it disappeared in midair. From the way the light arrow dissipated, it was neutralized by some other energy.
"Oh? You can even do such a thing? " Hong Hu was indeed surprised. Based on the information that he had, be it in terms of energy intensity or skill in using energy … Atobe had not reached the level where he could create a protective barrier or territory.
"Hey, hey … Don't space out …" Just as Hong Hu was thinking, Uncle Worthless beside him suddenly reached out to grab his shoulder. As he spoke, he pulled him backward and jumped.
"Hmm?" Two seconds later, Hong Hu, who was already in midair, realized with shock that … when he left the ground, his feet below his ankles were covered in a layer of frost.
"The current Atobe is no match for you if you're distracted …" Uncle Worthless might look like a slob, but at a moment like this, his reaction speed was faster than Hong Hu's. "Like what happened earlier … if this happens again, I might not be able to save you in time."
"Ah … I'm sorry." Hong Hu put on a serious expression. "There won't be a next time …"
As he spoke, he had already circulated his spirit energy and gathered it at his feet. He took the opportunity to touch his feet and shatter the layer of frost.
At the same time, [Ice Emperor] and [Ice Emperor] who remained on the ground … had already begun their next step.
In those few seconds, Atobe created a standing 'ice board' several meters before him. It was three centimeters thick and two meters long and wide.
As for Black, White, and Gray, at some point in time, they had summoned a strange woman in a sixteenth-century European-style red dress. Her face was pale, and blood was oozing out of her seven orifices. From her appearance, one could guess that this summoned creature was not good at "fighting," but had some kind of "special ability."
"Hong Hu, Hong Hu, Hong Hu!" Suddenly, Black White Gray quickly recited Hong Hu's name three times.
When the last word was uttered, Hong Hu, who was far away on the horizon … was passively teleported to the ice board that Atobe had created.
"Wh …" This time, Ambitionist was not just "shocked". It was not an exaggeration to say that he was "scared half to death" … He had just managed to spit out a single word when a bone-piercing chill and fear swept through his entire body. When he calmed down and lowered his head to observe, the ice board that acted as the 'mirror' had already disintegrated and reassembled to seal his body in ice.
"Hit!" The next second, Atobe's shout arrived, and the 'blade' of the large fan in his hand … like a strange blade in the shape of lightning, it slashed down diagonally at Hong Hu's neck.
This series of actions was so sudden that it caught Hong Hu off guard.
First, Atobe activated his' expensive 'Soul's Eye, Weapon Spirit Fusion. By sacrificing his main weapon, a legendary fan-shaped weapon, as the price, he summoned the Bankai of his Sorcery weapon — Sumeru Frost Kui (The stronger the sacrificed weapon, the stronger the effect of the Bankai).
In this state, Atobe's Psychic Pressure (energy) would increase to a level that even experts like Drunken Man could not match. Combined with the frost effect of Sumeru Frost, he could freely control the cold air around him to freeze any nearby target in a short amount of time. In fact, he could even freeze the air.
Other than that, the 'stand-in' that Black White Gray summoned — Bloody Mary — was also a unique skill.
Name: Summon — Bloody Mary (Stand-In Type)
Skill Card Attribute: Active, Permanent
Skill Type: Summon
Effect: Summon a Bloody Mary (Stand-In type summons can be summoned or dismissed at any time. No cooldown, and the duration is based on 'Stamina'. Non-multiple stand-ins cannot be summoned multiple times)
Stand-In Ability Points: Damage E, Speed E, Shooting Range C, Duration A, Precision D, Growth D
Stand-In Ability: When Bloody Mary materializes, the user only needs to call a character's name three times before the mirror to instantly transport that character to the mirror. (The summoned party and the summoner must be in the same universe and have 'seen' each other within the past twelve hours. If there is a character with the same name, priority will be given to summoning the character with the same name first seen within the past twelve hours.)
Consumption: Can be summoned by concentrating.
Learning Requirement: Unlocked Summoning and Sorcery Mastery. Implanted Stand-In 'DISC' after being shot or injured by an 'arrow'. Once visited the Devil's Palm to equip the 'Saint's Body'.
Remark: This countess had an unbelievably seductive appearance, a brilliant mind, and an arrogant temperament. For a long time, she was regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Hungary.
When she was very young, the countess showed signs of violence and sadism. When she grew up, she took pleasure in torturing the beautiful maids and the young girls of the commoners. When she reached middle age, the countess finally began to study black magic and witchcraft. She tried to use the blood of virgins to keep herself young forever.
Cruel killings continued to take place in her castle. It was like purgatory on earth.
Her atrocities continued for decades, directly causing the deaths of hundreds of people. Even her identity as a noble could not protect her anymore.
She was sentenced to never step out of her castle. When the masons sealed all the doors and windows of her residence, her castle became a large, dark tomb.
But in the end, she never admitted to her crimes, nor did she express any remorse for what she had done.]
[Bloody Mary]'s "six measurements" were nothing compared to a substitute's ability, but it had a special effect that could be called a cause-effect skill. It was this special effect that pushed Hong Hu to the brink of death.
"Pfft …." Even Uncle Worthless, who was watching from off in the distance, could only snort inwardly and think to himself, "Hong Hu is hopeless now."
However!
However, Hong Hu himself still hadn't given up … Even if he was going to die, he still wanted to find a way to survive.
Ka ka ka —
At that moment, there was the sound of ice cracking. When Atobe's attack landed … all it hit was ice shards that fell to the ground.
"Where do you think you're going?" Even though Atobe's attack missed, he did not lose sight of his target. He knew what Hong Hu had done and where he had escaped to. Therefore, he roared and gave chase.
"I don't plan to run …" When Hong Hu replied, his body had already flashed to the side of the black, white, and gray duo.
At this moment, he was not holding a light bow in his hand, but a short and flat light blade. As for what he wanted to do, it was clear at a glance … Since he had already used such a self-harming move like [Messing Up Heavenly Scale], he might as well fight with his life …
"Damn it …" When Atobe saw Hong Hu's movement, he cursed internally because he had confirmed that … his teammate was about to die.
After activating the [Messy Scale of Heaven], Ambitionist's body was completely controlled by the "strings" formed by the spirit particles. He was like a puppet that was being forcefully pulled … Not only did this greatly increase his speed and strength, it also allowed him to do some actions that were impossible to do with normal strength.
Earlier, it was with the aid of this skill that Hong Hu was able to struggle free from the ice binding on his body and evade Atobe's fatal slash.
Of course, there was a price to be paid for this method of 'pulling oneself like a puppet'.
Because the body was completely under the control of the Spiritual Seed, the main body would continue to be in a state of exhaustion. Under such a premise, the Ambitionist's movements, which were against the human body's laws of motion, were fast and strong, could easily break his bones, tear his tendons, and even destroy his blood vessels and nerves.
In other words, each of his fast and powerful movements … was equivalent to self-harming.
However, Hong Hu believed that it was worth it.
Currently, he had to maintain this condition to be able to move around Atobe who had activated his Bankai, or else … with his original physical skill, he would be trapped by the chill in the air in less than five seconds, and he would be slowly frozen.
Since he had no other choice, Hong Hu had to activate this skill until he died, and before he died, he had to drag one of them down with him.
Perhaps Black White Ash could escape from Hong Hu in his normal state and deal with him, but before the current Hong Hu, there was nothing she could do. The only thing she could rely on was her Life Points and Defense, but even that did not last for more than two seconds.
Two seconds later, Atobe, who had arrived, kicked Hong Hu's waist, but it was too late. When Hong Hu was kicked away, Black White Ash had already collapsed.
"Damn it …" Atobe grumbled through gritted teeth when he realized that he was unable to save his teammates. He stomped on the ground and gave chase.
"Stop struggling. It's already confirmed that we've won." With Tengu Masquerade, even if Hong Hu was kicked away, he could change his direction in midair. As he ran, he used a confident tone to tell Atobe, "I know that your power has greatly increased, and you are very confident, but the reality is … even if I die, with your current combat ability, the chance of you defeating Uncle Worthless in a duel is very slim …"
"How will we know if we don't try?" Atobe agreed with the man internally, but he would not admit defeat.
"We can find out even if we don't try, right?" Hong Hu said. Then he was reminded of something, and he laughed. "Ha … Brother Atobe, acting like a fool is not going to solve the problem. If you wish to learn from my 'nemesis', let me give you a piece of advice … Feng Bujue is not really crazy, he is …"
"What did you say?" Before he finished, Atobe cut him off loudly. "Feng Bujue's nemesis is you?" His voice rose an octave. "Pfft! It's me, okay? I've had a grudge with him since the closed beta! When did you get to know him? Since when did you become his nemesis? "
"Huh?" Ambitionist didn't like to hear that. "What? What? What kind of statement is that? Can the depth of hatred be measured by the length of time? Furthermore, you are not the same type of player as him, okay? How can you be his nemesis? "
"Of course! Does nemesis have to be the same type? " Atobe was not convinced. "Hanamichi Sakuragi and Kaede Rukawa, Iori Yagami and Kyo Kusanagi, Satoshi and Shigeru, Goku and Vegeta … which pair are the same type?"
…
While the two were arguing and chasing each other, inside Underworld Frontline's conference room …
"These two idiots … Just fight … Why drag me into this?" Feng Bujue held his chin with one hand and stared at the screen with his dead fish eyes as he cursed weakly.
"I'm curious as well …" Ruo Yu picked up where he left off and asked, "Of the two of them … who do you think is your nemesis?"
"Ha!" Brother Jue laughed drily and turned to look at Ruo Yu. "Did you see my expression?"
"I saw it … I'm sorry, but I can't beat you up every time I see it." Ruo Yu's sarcastic skills were showing signs of surpassing her master. The meaning behind her words was, "Your expression is as despicable as ever."
"Ah …" Feng Bujue sighed deeply. He narrowed his eyes and used his finger to point at the screen. "Then, did you see their expressions?"
"The expressions of two men being jealous over another man … What does that mean?" Ruo Yu narrowed her eyes as well.
Once she said that, the other people in the conference room burst out laughing.
"What I mean is …" Brother Jue held his forehead and continued, "I'm too lazy to care about them … If they want to find nemesis, they should be a pair."
…
At the same time, inside Regulation's conference room …
"Ha! Hahahaha … "Phantom Dawn, who had been sitting there watching the match, crossed his arms before his chest and crossed his legs on the table. He looked at the big screen and laughed like a barbell.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" When Ye Zhi, who sat next to him, saw this, she slapped him on his head. "What's wrong with you? Do you want to go to the PR department for another month of basic etiquette training? "
After being scolded by his team leader, Phantom Dawn quieted down. He pursed his lips and straightened his posture. He grumbled softly, "Er … I'm just a bit annoyed …" He raised his eyes to look at the screen. "I should be Feng Bujue's nemesis!"
"What nemesis? There has to be a limit to your chuunibyou syndrome. " To his surprise, Ye Zhi put on a condescending face and lectured Phantom Dawn like a teacher lecturing a child. "Look at those two … They are already so old, but they keep talking about nemesis. They like to announce the name of their fighting style. One is the boss of a studio, and the other is not signed to a studio. It goes to show that they are not required to announce the name of their fighting style. They are willing to do so. Needless to say, they don't have a girlfriend. Do you want to end up like them in a few years?"
Hearing that, Drunken Life and Barcode were speechless, much less Phantom Dawn. Even Drunken Life and Barcode were speechless and showed sad expressions.
This was especially true for Brother Zen. He took a deep drag from his cigarette and downed half a bottle of wine.
"Also … even if you want to set yourself a 'nemesis for life' to help you improve, why did you choose Feng Bujue?" Ye Zhi was not done lecturing him. "Is he a good person? What are you competing with him for? Your bottom line? You're digging your own grave. "
"Hmm …" Phantom Dawn's head was almost touching the table. "Sis … you're right. I was wrong … I will draw the line between myself and him in the future …"
One second later, the other five in the room also said in unison, "We will draw the line between ourselves and him as well …"
…
Back to the main topic …
At that moment, on the battlefield, the argument between Atobe and Hong Hu had not ended when Uncle Worthless returned.
Since the situation had changed, Atobe, who was fighting two against one, had to change his tactic.
Instantly, Atobe summoned his Mana and raised Sumeru Frost Kui. He used Ice Dragon's Spinning Tail — Void to sweep at Hong Hu.
This skill exhausted a lot of Mana, but the effect was not to be underestimated. In the blink of an eye, the area that the fan was pointing at turned into a frozen land, and Hong Hu's body was frozen to the ground.
After a second of hesitation, Hong Hu, who was at the bottom of his life, chose to give it a try. He tried to use Tengu Mushi to force his way out, but … this time, he failed to survive the damage caused by the 'forceful pull'. When Atobe reached him, Hong Hu died from the damage from his own skill.
Atobe had foreseen this possibility as well … Therefore, when he saw Ambitionist die, he did not hesitate for even a second. He stopped in his tracks and turned around to attack.
This change in tactic came suddenly, fast, and powerful. However, as I've said more than once, at this kind of crucial moment, Uncle Worthless's reaction was extremely fast. Facing Atobe's counterattack, he rolled forward, and with a kick, he used the flip-flops that were wrapped in energy to block the fan blade that came back at him.
"He really is powerful …" Even from the perspective of the opponent, Atobe had to admit that Uncle Worthless was incredibly powerful. Be it physical skill, energy, or reflexes, Uncle Worthless was one level above him. When Hong Hu said that the chance was slim, he was not bluffing.
"But … the current me … is not completely out of options …" While Atobe was thinking, he used the recoil from the exchange of blows to fly backward and retreat.
When he retreated, Uncle Worthless chased after him. It was not because he had no plan but because Uncle Worthless knew that when fighting against the current Atobe, he could not afford to 'rest' and 'wait'.
This was because the power of 'ice' was too powerful. Once Uncle Worthless stopped, the effect of 'freezing' would follow him like a shadow. Therefore, the battle had to be carried out in this state of 'constant movement'. This state would be a huge test on one's stamina. If it was dragged into a prolonged battle, Atobe, who was not affected by the low temperature, would slowly gain the upper hand.
In conclusion, it was not Atobe who was panicking but Uncle Worthless. As someone who had sharp battle instinct and tactical thinking, he instantly realized that 'ending this battle as soon as possible' was the last chance for him and the rest of the 'Worthless Alliance'.
"Hmm … I can't wait any longer. Atobe is already a top fighter, so I can't expect him to expose himself and be killed by a cardboard box … If I drag this out any longer, when he gets used to my speed, I won't have the chance to do anything." Amidst the tug-of-war, Uncle Worthless's mind was racing. "I should use that 'thing' here … or else I might not be able to pass this round …"
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